pdf not printing on HP LJ 4050/4100

[michaelrsweet]

Version: 1.2-current
CUPS.org User: aslakr

(It is actually 1.1.23.0 from freebsd-ports)

The attached file does not print on HP LJ 4050/4100 (no errors). It just disapears. The same thing happens when converting the file to ps with pdftops from xpdf 3.00 before sending it (or uploading it via ftp) to the printer. When using -noembt1 -noembtt -noembcidps -noembcidps the file prints but with ugly fonts (offcourse).

Using ghostscript pdf2ps to pipe ps to the printer works.

[michaelrsweet]

CUPS.org User: mike

I am able to duplicate this; it is a bug in Xpdf, and I am passing this up to the author for a possible solution.

Reassigning this to CUPS 1.2, as it will NOT be fixed in 1.1.x.

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CUPS.org User: mike

OK, I got a reply back from the author; basically, there is some workaround code in pdftops/PSOutputDev.cxx which attempts to fix Type1 fonts with bad length parameters by adding some padding characters to the end of the font data. Not all printers like this...

The quick fix is to comment out line 1374, which reads:

length2 += length3 >= 8 ? 8 : length3;

Just add a "//" at the beginning of the line.

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CUPS.org User: mike

Fixed in Subversion repository.